More from Leo Tolstoy
Music is the shorthand of emotion.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Spring is the time of plans and projects.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy It’s all God’s will: you can die in your sleep, and God can spare you in battle.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy In the midst of winter, I find within me the invisible summer.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy My piece of bread only belongs to me when I know that everyone else has a share, and that no one starves while I eat.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Debates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy It’s hard to love a woman and do anything.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy If it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Without this love there is no happiness or unhappiness for us – there is no life.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Every heart has its own skeletons.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy
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And that is how time heals, not by erasing but by blurring all the memories.
VesmirVesmir Let me follow my dream. Let me follow my queen.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander Be kind to yourself, the way you would be to someone you love.
Courtney PeppernellCourtney Peppernell We need to surrender ourselves to the water before we can climb the spiral ladder.
Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn You gave me the courage to rise but my darling robin why did you fly leaving me behind these four walls all alone?
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett Giving up your dreams is easy, but ask yourself is it really easy to live without dreams?
Sania AbbasSania Abbas It’s funny how we say a person ‘made’ us when they actually broke us. Sort of like how I say ‘funny’ – but I actually mean sad.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki You can’t keep living backwards – Reminiscing on what was, And terrified to pursue What could be.
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More on change
Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them.
Paramahansa YoganandaParamahansa Yogananda I don’t have a daily routine, beyond brushing my teeth. It changes every day.
Paloma FaithPaloma Faith A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
Edmund BurkeEdmund Burke Fighting is a sport; if you’re not humble it’s going to bring humbleness to you.
Mike TysonMike Tyson I can be the nice family man at home, and then when I go to the gym, maybe sparring with someone, I switch into beast mode. It ain’t pretty.
Anthony JoshuaAnthony Joshua I’m gonna try and change the course of hip hop again.
Dr. DreDr. Dre I couldn’t change anything without changing the end position, and I’m perfectly happy now. So whatever I feel in some sense may have been a mistake in the past is, in another sense, not a mistake, because it’s left me here.
George MichaelGeorge Michael If we can just convince other people to get involved, this could make some major changes in our society. It’s very exhilarating.
Dolores HuertaDolores Huerta